12309296

Systems and Methods for Notary Agent for Public Key Infrastructure Names

PublishedMay 20, 2025
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20 claims

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1. A user computing system associated with a user, comprising: a network interface circuit structured to facilitate data transmission over a network; a publishing circuit structured to: receive, from a certificate authority (CA) computing system, digital certificate information associated with a digital certificate corresponding to a request for the digital certificate to the CA computing system; receive, from the CA computing system, a signal indicating a change in the digital certificate, the change in the digital certificate including revocation of the digital certificate or an update to one or more policies, agreements, or practice statements relating to the digital certificate; publish the digital certificate including the change to a first block on a digital certificate blockchain, an identity of the user verifiable via the published digital certificate information; and publish policy information of the CA computing system to a second block on the digital certificate blockchain, the second block subsequent to the first block.

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2. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein the network interface circuit is structured to transmit data between the user computing system and a public key infrastructure (PKI) blockchain system allowing for the publishing circuit to publish the digital certificate including the change to the digital certificate blockchain.

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3. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein a public/private key pair is associated with the request for the digital certificate and comprises a public key and a private key, wherein the private key is used to sign the public key.

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4. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein a public/private key pair comprises a public key transmitted with a communication request to a relying party computing system, the public key used by a digital signature verifier to verify an integrity of the communication request.

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5. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein the request is a request to establish communication between the user computing system and a relying party and is associated with a request to conduct a financial transaction.

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6. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein the publishing circuit is further structured to: determine that the digital certificate including the change is to be encrypted; and publish the encrypted digital certificate including the change to the digital certificate blockchain.

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7. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein the request is associated with a financial transaction.

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8. The user computing system of claim 1, wherein the publishing circuit is further structured to: publish the digital certificate including the change to at least one of the digital certificate blockchain and a parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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9. The user computing system of claim 8, wherein the publishing circuit is further structured to: determine, using the digital certificate information, that a transaction type identifier corresponds to a transaction type associated with the parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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10. A public key infrastructure (PKI) system, comprising: a PKI blockchain system comprising a processor and a memory, the processor structured to execute instructions stored in the memory, the memory comprising instructions to store digital certificate information to a digital certificate blockchain; a certificate authority (CA) computing system comprising a processor and a memory, the processor structured to execute instructions stored in the memory, and the memory comprising instructions to: receive a request for a digital certificate from a user computing system; publish the digital certificate to the digital certificate blockchain; monitor an update to policy information for the digital certificate, the update information comprising revocation information of the digital certificate; and publish the digital certificate including the update to an update block on the digital certificate blockchain; and publish policy information of the CA computing system to a further block on the digital certificate blockchain, the further block subsequent to the update block.

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11. The system of claim 10, wherein the memory further comprises instructions to: publish the digital certificate information to at least one of the digital certificate blockchain and a parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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12. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory further comprises instructions to: determine, using the digital certificate information, that a transaction type identifier corresponds to a transaction type associated with the parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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13. The system of claim 10, wherein the request is associated with a financial transaction.

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14. The system of claim 10, wherein the request is a request to establish communication with a relying party and is associated with a request to conduct a financial transaction.

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15. A public key infrastructure (PKI) system, comprising: a PKI blockchain system comprising a processor and a memory, the processor structured to execute instructions stored in the memory, the memory comprising instructions to store digital certificate information to a digital certificate blockchain; a certificate authority (CA) computing system comprising a processor and a memory, the processor structured to execute instructions stored in the memory, and the memory comprising instructions to: determine whether a digital certificate has been revoked based on a published update to the digital certificate at a first block on the digital certificate blockchain, and policy information of the CA computing system at a second block subsequent to the first block on the digital certificate blockchain; deny a request for communication from a user in response to determining that the digital certificate is revoked according to the published update; and publish revocation information to a revocation block on a certificate revocation list (CRL) blockchain, wherein the digital certificate revocation is managed via the CRL blockchain, and wherein at least one of an updated policy, an updated relying party agreement, and an updated audit letter are managed via a management blockchain; and a relying party computing system comprising a processor and a memory, the processor structured to execute instructions stored in the memory, and the memory comprising instructions to: verify an identity of a user associated with a user computing system using the digital certificate stored in the digital certificate blockchain; establish secured communication between the user computing system and the relying party computing system.

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16. The system of claim 15, wherein the memory of the relying party computing system comprises instructions to: determine that the digital certificate stored in the digital certificate blockchain has been revoked; and deny the request for communication from the user computing system.

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17. The system of claim 15, wherein the PKI blockchain system further comprises: a certificate revocation list (CRL) blockchain structured to store a listing of revoked digital certificates; and a management blockchain structured to store at least one of a policy, relying party agreement, audit letter, and merger information.

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18. The system of claim 15, wherein the publishing circuit is further structured to: publish the digital certificate information to at least one of the digital certificate blockchain and a parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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19. The system of claim 18, wherein the publishing circuit is further structured to: determine, using the digital certificate information, that a transaction type identifier corresponds to a transaction type associated with the parallel digital certificate blockchain.

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20. The system of claim 15, wherein the request is associated with a financial transaction.

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Publication Date

May 20, 2025

Inventors

David V. Duccini
Phillip H. Griffin
Jeffrey J. Stapleton

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